Leave the dreaded 'Aurangzeb' aside… so much effort has been put in for the look of 'Yesubai' in 'Chhava', a 500-year-old sari has been used.
On February 14, Vicky Kaushal and Rashmika Mandanna starrer film 'Chava' hit the theatres. The story of the film is based on Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. When the teaser of the film was released, the character of Aurangzeb caught everyone's attention. However, at first people did not recognize the actor, but later when it was revealed that he was none other than Akshay Khanna, people were surprised by this transformation. Rashmika Mandanna has played the role of Sambhaji's wife Yesubai in the film, a lot of work has also been done on her look.
The makers of 'Chava' took almost 1 year to bring not only Aurangzeb but all the characters on screen exactly. The entire responsibility of the costumes of the characters of the film was taken by the director and costume designer of the film, Sheetal Sharma. For this, she travelled to Aurangabad, Ratnagiri, Pune, Nashik, Paithan and many cities of Maharashtra. Talking about Rashmika's look, she is seen in a proper Maratha look in the film.
500 year old saree border
Rashmika did not wear any ordinary saree in the film, but wore sarees from Paithan and Narayanpeth as her costume. Laxman and Sheetal made several rounds of museums for her look. Whatever old things they could not find, they got them remade. They would first take a picture of that saree or design from the museum, then get it remade. One of Rashmika's sarees also has a border of a 500-year-old saree. Rashmika is mostly seen wearing many colours in the film.
The colors of clothes also have a story
Talking about the reason behind the colours, according to a source, the characters shown in historical films are either shown in white or pastel coloured clothes. However, when the director of the film started reading about it, he came to know that in the old times people used to wear more colours. Laxman Utekar visited many old forts, museums and historians for his research. Even the design of Rashmika's jewellery is inspired by the jewellery in the museum.